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Raj admire your patience in doin this DYI to the community. Any issue with regards to alignment of your pulleys? Im done with my install,but had an issue with the alignment, i did the laser alignment on the crankshaft and the lower ribbed pulley only, cant access the top pulleys with the gates laser tool, i think the thermostat manifold blocking the laser alingment tool. Any inputs from the community before i teardown the supercharger again. Here some pics of the issue:
The belt jump out from the blower pulley and crankshaft.
Leo
Had this same issue on my 2008 Civic Si with the Kraftwerks supercharger (C30 Rotrex). My mechanic told me that the tensioner and the pulleys were out of alignment and that the tensioner would need to be shimmed. Hope you figure this out sir!
I start agressive driving at 75 miles, the first start up i dont have or hear any problems . The junping of the belt maybe i got already 85 to 90 miles when the STi provoke me at the freeway. Probably at 6500rpm.Today ill try to put back the belt on proper position but when i start it up it jumped again . During my install i have this gates dot laser alignment tool but i cant point it to blower pulley from the crankshaft coz the thermostat manifold is blocking the pathway of the laser even i take out the thermostat it self. The blower sounds perfect and no squells sound. Rafi suggested to put some washers on the X and Y blower bracket.
On positive side the power is there. Cant
complain.
Hopefully yours will be perfect, too much work if had to teardown it again.
I ordered dayco alignment tool, same as you.
Hi Leo... per the instructions, make sure you set both BOV's to the softest setting, this minimizes backpressure to the SC when you lift off throttle at high RPM.
Of course, as mentioned here it could be alignment. That said, we have never had a belt jump a tooth.
Rafi
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On startup, my supercharger belt had a loud chirping which went away once the car warmed up. This weekend, I pulled the pipes apart and reinstalled a gatorback belt from continental. These belts are supposed to be much quieter due to their design. Rafi also recommended that I reverse the wheel on the tensioner so that the ring clip is facing the front of the car. No more chirping!!!!
